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page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 575  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 1-0 49 1834 London m3 ;HCL 18 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 2. E Williams vs H Kennedy 0-1 31 1846 London m D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 3. Harrwitz vs Loewenthal ½-½ 64 1853 Harrwitz - Loewenthal m D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 4. Burn vs A van Foreest 1-0 48 1889 Amsterdam D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 5. Showalter vs H Helms   1-0 41 1895 Brooklyn CC ch D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 6. Steinitz vs Lipschutz   ½-½ 67 1897 Thousand Islands playoff D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. Schlechter vs Janowski 1-0 30 1898 11th DSB Kongress, Cologne D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 8. Showalter vs Janowski   ½-½ 44 1898 Janowski - Showalter Match 1 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 9. Showalter vs Janowski   ½-½ 46 1898 Janowski - Showalter Match 1 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 10. Showalter vs Janowski   1-0 39 1898 Janowski - Showalter Match 1 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 11. Lasker vs J Mieses 1-0 29 1900 Paris D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. Burn vs Lasker 0-1 44 1900 Paris D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 13. Showalter vs G Marco 0-1 46 1900 Paris D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 14. Burn vs J Mason ½-½ 76 1900 Paris D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. J N Berger vs Burn 0-1 50 1900 Munich D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 16. D Bleijkmans vs Loman   0-1 27 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 17. J Mason vs Schlechter   0-1 45 1902 Monte Carlo D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 18. Pillsbury vs J Mieses ½-½ 49 1902 13th DSB Kongress (Hanover) D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 19. Von Bardeleben vs J Mieses 0-1 57 1902 13th DSB Kongress (Hanover) D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 20. Janowski vs Marshall 0-1 43 1905 Janowski - Marshall, Match 2 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 21. Janowski vs Maroczy 0-1 75 1905 Ostend D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 22. Janowski vs Marshall 1-0 55 1905 Ostend D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 23. R K Kieseritsky vs W Kunze 1-0 25 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 24. Moewig vs Gajdos   ½-½ 40 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 25. Thomas J Kelly vs Charles Henry Wallwork   1-0 36 1905 BCF-ch 2nd First Class B D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 575

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Jul-11-03    Kenkaku: This opening seems to have really declined. Does anyone know the reason for this? Mar-29-04    Kenkaku: I've taken to playing this system recently, and found it to be quite solid. It lacks the isolated pawn weakness of the Tarrasch, and generally gives black a relatively favorable pawn structure (at least in my opinion), as well as often laying the burden of an isolated pawn on white. Nov-09-04    sandyobrien: tal has neither won nor lost a game with this opening, he's drawn 7. Nov-09-04    acirce: <sandyobrien> Tal has both won and lost several times with this line. Lost against Larsen, Petrosian, Polugayevsky, Korchnoi; won against Korchnoi, Romanishin etc.. Nov-09-04    sandyobrien: <acirce>excuse me, i forgot to mention that he was playing as black each time. according to the cg.com database Nov-09-04    acirce: <sandyobrien> This database is very incomplete, although it probably doesn't lack too many of Tal's games. More than that though, it DOES include games like Larsen vs Tal, 1969 which he lost as Black -- I don't know why it doesn't turn up if you click the link under "practitioners", something with move order? May-09-09    nummerzwei: I've recently worked out a little chess quiz question: If White begins the game with 1.d4, how many reasonable (i.e. excluding, for example, those starting with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6) move orders are there to reach the D40 starting position? Jul-29-10    rapidcitychess: <Kenaku> The Semi Tarrasch (or the "trash" opening I call them!) didn't go into decline. The QGD went in to decline, due to the Slavic uprising. Sep-11-13    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♘f3 c5

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